Police: Officers fired upon by person in Pa. home

A police officer in an armored vehicle approaches a scene where shots were fired as at a residence in Doylestown, Pa., Sunday, June 17, 2012. A police SWAT team was called to the scene and officers were warning other residents to stay in their homes. (AP Photo/The Intelligencer, Carl Kosola)

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Authorities say a New Jersey police officer has fired upon officers who were responding to an alleged civil matter and is now barricaded inside a suburban Philadelphia home.

Police have identified the man as Richard Klementovich, a Clifton Township, N.J., police officer. Reports have said that the officer is heavily armed with what Doylestown Police Department. Chief David Mettin has called long-guns and 2,000 rounds of ammunition. Earlier reports said that he officer is a marksman shot and that units on scene were advised to take out the officer if they had a clear shot.

Officers in Bucks County were called to the Doylestown Township home after a neighbor reported some kind of disturbance shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday.

A county emergency official says shots were fired as the officers arrived at the residence.

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Pennridge Regional police chief Dave Mettin says one officer has been injured by metal shrapnel. Klementovich had fired at police and one officer Corporal William Doucette of the Doylestown Borough Police Department has injuries classified as “not severe” by Chief Mettin. Klementovich has also fired at an armored Bearcat police vehicle and destroyed police cruisers as well.

A police SWAT team was called to the scene and officers were warning other residents to stay in their homes.

According to reports from the Doylestown Patch website, resident Dan Boerner who lives down the street from Klementovich said his wife an two sons are seeking shelter in the basement. According to the report the father has been communicating visa text message because police are not letting anyone back into the area. The report said that Borener is a half-mile from the scene.

Earlier in the afternoon nearby roads were closed off and all news media helicopters were advised to clear a 30 mile area below 30,000 feet. According to a report at 4:36 p.m. a news helicopter was within shooting range of the barrcaded man.

WPVI-TV reported that the house belongs to the estranged wife of the officer.